Who is Federico Giannini

Federico Giannini è giornalista, direttore responsabile di Finestre sull'Arte. Nato a Massa nel 1986, si è laureato nel 2010 in Informatica Umanistica all’Università di Pisa. Nel 2009 ha iniziato a lavorare nel settore della comunicazione su web, con particolare riferimento alla comunicazione per i beni culturali. Iscritto all’Ordine Nazionale dei Giornalisti dal 2017, specializzato in arte e storia dell’arte. Nel 2017 ha fondato con Ilaria Baratta la rivista Finestre sull’Arte, iscritta al registro della stampa del Tribunale di Massa dal giugno 2017. Dalla fondazione è direttore responsabile della rivista. Collabora e ha collaborato con diverse riviste, tra cui Art e Dossier e Left. Al suo attivo anche docenze in materia di giornalismo culturale (presso Università di Genova e Ordine dei Giornalisti). Per la televisione è stato autore del documentario Le mani dell’arte (Rai 5) ed è stato tra i presentatori del programma Dorian – L’arte non invecchia (Rai 5). Partecipa regolarmente come relatore e moderatore su temi di arte e cultura a numerosi convegni (tra gli altri: Lu.Bec. Lucca Beni Culturali, Ro.Me Exhibition, Con-Vivere Festival, TTG Travel Experience).

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Why did the National Gallery of Umbria pay 100,000 euros to GNAM for the Klimt loan?

Why did the National Gallery of Umbria pay 100,000 euros to GNAM for the Klimt loan?

For what reasons, in May 2024, did the National Gallery of Umbria pay a sum of 100 thousand euros to the National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art for the loan of Gustav Klimt's The Three Ages ? Was an exception made to the guidelines governing...
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Bernini, Urban VIII and the Theater of Power. What the exhibition at Palazzo Barberini looks like

Bernini, Urban VIII and the Theater of Power. What the exhibition at Palazzo Barberini looks like

Who, then, was Gian Lorenzo Bernini? In front of the long, uniform, sumptuous gallery of portraits gathered in the rooms on the first floor of Palazzo Barberini, one might be tempted to dismiss the feeling that Bernini was a man who disdained any for...
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"FAI Days? Not just a cultural event: they are a celebration." President Marco Magnifico speaks

"FAI Days? Not just a cultural event: they are a celebration." President Marco Magnifico speaks

From the few openings of the first editions (the debut in 1993), to a mobilization that involves hundreds of cities and hundreds of thousands of people each year, the FAI Spring Days have become one of the most participated cultural events in Italy. ...
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Venice Biennale, misunderstandings about free art and the weight of soft power

Venice Biennale, misunderstandings about free art and the weight of soft power

Since the issue of the Russian presence at the Venice Biennale has become common knowledge, the social pages of newspapers and art magazines, including the one I direct, have become a receptacle for amiable quips about the freedom of art (to which, f...
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Is the Pieta popping up in Belgium by Michelangelo? No: here's what you need to know

Is the Pieta popping up in Belgium by Michelangelo? No: here's what you need to know

After the case of the bust of Sant'Agnese fuori le Mura, the last few days a new proposed attribution to Michelangelo Buonarroti (Caprese, 1475 - Rome, 1564) concerning a painting depicting a Pieta has rekindled the interest of scholars and observers...
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Russia at the Venice Biennale 2026: don't call it dialogue

Russia at the Venice Biennale 2026: don't call it dialogue

We could hardly have imagined, even a couple of weeks ago, that we would be forced to see a Venice Biennale this year that reopens its doors to Russia. A legitimization, a rehabilitation in all respects. Let's start immediately with an observation: t...
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Alberto Calza Bini and Irene Gilli, an exhibition rewrites the story of an artist couple

Alberto Calza Bini and Irene Gilli, an exhibition rewrites the story of an artist couple

Let us pretend, for the next five lines, that the adjective "retrospective" referring to an exhibition is nice to read and above all has some classificatory potential, some determinative value. Well: the "retrospective" exhibition of an artist workin...
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Will AI do better than us? Interview with Sergio Campagnolo on the future of exhibitions and press offices

Will AI do better than us? Interview with Sergio Campagnolo on the future of exhibitions and press offices

Sergio Campagnolo is the dean of press offices dealing with art and culture. A longtime passionate and knowledgeable professional, always available, adept at sensing and interpreting changes and revolutions in the profession, a man behind the scenes ...
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